Blessed with an incredibly rich history and past, modern-day Athens is now truly a capital city that looks and feels unlike anywhere else in Europe. It is the luxury apartments in Athens that make enjoying it all that much easier.
What is it about Situ’s luxury apartments in Athens that make them a great accommodation choice for corporates visiting the city?
First of all, serviced apartments in Athens are safe, secure, clean and come with everything guests need to enjoy healthy, relaxing stays. Fully equipped kitchens and on-site washing facilities mean that, unlike ordinary hotel rooms, corporate Athens apartments allow a guest to cook, eat and clean for themselves – not fully relying on staff to ensure they have a great experience.
This accommodation is suited ideally for businesspeople looking for a place where they can work freely. Free Wi-Fi access across a range of our city view apartments in Athens, as well as air-conditioned, spacious living and dining rooms, makes it so corporates need not get away from where they are staying to comfortably work in peace. Self-proclaimed boutique hotels in Athens can't replicate what serviced apartments offer to corporates!
The location of these properties is important too! That’s why our dedicated Supply Chain and Sales Team work hard to source great serviced accommodation options all over the city to ensure guests who stay in Athens base themselves, ideally, within walking distance of where need to be for work.
Athens is the Greek capital and the country’s largest city. It is also both Europe’s most southernmost and oldest capital city. Athens is actually deemed to be a focal point of where European democracy began, at the heart of Ancient Greece. Ancient Greece was a period in time dating back over 3,000 years ago, and left behind in Athens are still remnants of what the city once was. The Parthenon Temple and Acropolis are examples of this and make for great sightseeing opportunities for visitors to Athens.
Athens is based in the south-eastern area of Greece within the historical region known as the Attica peninsula. The region is dominated by the capital, with its urban area being populated by well over three million people. The Athens coastline looks out towards the Saronic Gulf whilst the mainland is surrounded by three recognised mountain ranges; Párnis, Pendéli, and Hymettus. Athens is visited by around six million people every year, which is nearly a fifth of the people who visit Greece as a whole each year. Numbered Greek National roads and motorways, such as 83, 91, E94, 8 and E75 not only make the capital easily accessible by road, but other destinations in Greece are reachable by car from Athens too.
Of course, though, the main way to reach the city is via Athens International Airport. It is the country’s largest international airport and supports the travel of around 25 million passengers annually. Corporates who stay in city centre Athens accommodation will benefit from the airport being just 25 miles away to the south-east.
Living in Athens as an expat means living in a capital city that has a unique business culture, unlike anywhere else in Europe. Whilst Athens maintains a strong ranking as one of the best cities worldwide for starting a business, surveys also suggest Athens is not even close to being one of the easiest places to conduct business.
However, this should not deter you from moving to Athens. Instead, doing business here should be approached as a challenge, in a city where major multinational companies such as Sony, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, along with huge national companies such as OPAP, Hellenic and Hellas Sat all have their headquarters located.
Another positive is how hugely important the tourism industry is both to the city of Athens and Greece as a country, which offers a gateway to over 140 million consumers from across the East Mediterranean and South-East Europe. The banking industry is also hugely important for the Athens economy centred around Alpha Bank, Eurobank, Piraeus Bank and the National Bank of Greece. The only stock exchange in Greece is based in Athens too.
Corporates tied to the banking industry can appreciate having centrally located fully furnished apartments in Athens at their disposal to complement their business ventures. For more in-depth information on being an expat in Athens, be sure to take a look at this guide on doing business in Greece courtesy of Expat Arrivals.
Living in or moving to Athens means being located in a hub for Greek culture and some of the nations most visited attractions. The climate and weather are amongst the best in the continent, whilst the quality of life and safety metrics establish Athens one of Europe’s best cities to live in.
The food and drink are fantastic here too, provided by a great array of Athens cafes, bars and restaurants. These do not overwhelm the city though, as the vibe is more that of a small town with peaceful, quaint neighbourhoods dotted around the Athens city centre's shopping streets. The city benefits from having three different ports too. This is perfect for tapping into one of the country’s greatest characteristics – its islands. There are around six thousand Greek islands, of which only around 230 are inhabited, including the likes of Mykonos, Santorini, Crete and Rhodes, and all are reachable from Athens’ ports.
Then when it comes to city culture and attractions, nowhere is quite like Athens. Its involvement in national history is incredibly distinctive, and the monuments and structures left behind reflect that. The Acropolis is one of the country’s most visited sites. It is a hugely famous site which contains some of the most universal symbols of ancient civilisation and design. For example, the entrance into the Acropolis is the Parthenon, a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.
There are so many historic attractions like this that can be found across the Acropolis, based on the city’s rocky hilltop, and throughout Athens. Ultimately there is so much to see and city view apartments in Athens give visitors the best chance of enjoying the city’s historic culture located close to your own home away from home.
Serving the capital city and the Attica region as the country largest international airport, it is Athens Airport that represents the main gateway into Greece. The airport began operating in 2001 and is the main base of primary Greek airline, Aegean Airlines.
Corporates can reach the airport from the city centre and luxury apartments in Athens via regular running train and bus services. Many taxi companies are operating across the city too that can be utilised for travel to and from the airport. The next largest airport is in Thessaloniki at the other end of the country.
The Metro of Athens offers the quickest way to transport yourself across the city. Metro stations began operating in 1869, which makes the underground system the second oldest in the world after the London underground.
The network is made up of three lines. Line 1 (Green) operates from Kifisia to Piraeus, Line 2 (Red) operates between Anthoupoli and Eliniko, whilst Line 3 (Blue) runs services between Doukissis Plakentias and Nikea.
The Suburban Railway is less operational within central Athens and instead enables travel to areas outside the city and across the Attica region. Trains do operate, however, mainly between the city’s airport, Central Station, and smaller destinations such as Kiato, Halkida and Piraeus.
Like the Metro, the Athens Tram system also consists of three lines. These ensure that locals and visitors to the city can travel with ease and affordably between the heart of Athens and the southern coastline and beaches.
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